Oct. 13, 2025

92-We Came for Chick-fil-A, Stayed for Star Wars

92-We Came for Chick-fil-A, Stayed for Star Wars

Two sisters time-travel through 1977 using a playful “family journal,” tracing Roots, Star Wars, the NYC blackout, and the Apple II, while weaving in jokes, side tangents, and a tender “late entry” birth story. We close on why personal stories make history stick and a groovy sign-off that invites listeners to share their own.

• Roots as national reckoning on TV
• Super Bowl XI and Carter’s inauguration
• Blizzard of ’77 and community strain
• Queen’s anthems, disco style, punk rise
• Apple II puts computing in the home
• Star Wars as cultural movement and myth
• Pipeline launch and NYC blackout tensions
• Loss of icons: Elvis, Crosby, Chaplin
• The Wow! signal and cosmic wonder
• Atari 2600 and interactive culture at home
• Disco peak with Saturday Night Fever
• Takeaway: history felt through lived moments

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Music by Tim Crowe

00:00 - Cold Open, Quotes, And Banter

03:30 - A Time-Travel Journal To 1977

05:12 - Roots Shakes America

07:20 - Super Bowl XI And Carter’s Debut

09:30 - Blizzard Of ’77 In Buffalo

11:05 - Anthems, Disco, And Punk Rise

13:15 - Apple II And The Digital Home

15:00 - Star Wars Becomes A Movement

17:30 - Pipeline, Blackout, And Urban Unrest

20:10 - Loss Of Icons And The Wow! Signal

22:25 - Atari Arrives And Disco Peaks

24:45 - A Late Entry: A Daughter Is Born

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Why hello.

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Hi, sister.

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Hi, sister.

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Guess what, everybody?

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Jessica is still eating Chick-fil-A.

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Two weeks later.

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It might be a little stale.

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It's still good.

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She still has crumbs on her lap.

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I'm Jessica.

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I'm Ingrid.

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And thanks for joining us on another situation.

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Yes.

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Another day.

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Another week.

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Another week.

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Another month.

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We're in a new month now.

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Another 22 years.

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That won't make sense unless you heard the last episode.

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No, it won't.

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Okay.

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Shall we just get started while you eat?

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Sure.

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I'm going to mute myself so you guys don't hear me chewing.

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Okay.

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We're going to start with some quotes.

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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

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Mark Twain.

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It's not the years in your life that count.

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It's the life in your years.

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Abraham Lincoln.

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And oh nope, I have two more.

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When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.

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Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.

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That's a Cherokee proverb.

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I like that one, yeah.

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And the final quote: help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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You're my only hope.

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Princess Leia.

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All right.

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We already just said welcome and everything.

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Yeah, we did.

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We did it backwards.

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Did we?

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I think we did it backwards last week or two weeks ago than two.

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Five minutes ago.

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Okay, so this will be the backwards ones.

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But yeah, we did it.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Are you ready?

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I am so ready.

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Okay.

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Because I don't do my episodes like Jessica.

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I do my episodes with a little twist.

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So because I'm extra.

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All right, here we go.

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Hey there, cats and kittens.

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I recently stumbled.

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She just killed her.

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Cats and kittens.

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Oh goodness.

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This is gonna be a long episode.

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I recently stumbled on my folks' old journal from 1977, and man, flipping through it is like taking a trip in a time machine.

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The music, the movies, the disasters, the politics, even the threads people were rocking.

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It was all groovy, wild, and unforgettable.

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So dig this.

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Let's step through 1977 month by month as if we're reading their notes together.

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January 1977.

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Far out.

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Everyone in the house is glued to roots.

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It's heavy man, raw, real.

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We sit there in front of the glowing TV screen, barely breathing, feeling the story of Kunta Kinte and his descendants as if it's happening right in front of us.

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You hear the gasps and sniffles from the neighbors on the other side of the walls.

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Conversations explode at work, school, and dinner tables.

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Slavery, family, survival.

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It's forcing the whole country to face itself.

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I've never seen anything so powerful on television, and I doubt I ever will again.

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It's a mix of heartbreak, anger, and awe.

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Totally mind-blowing.

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Have you ever watched it?

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I haven't.

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Have you?

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No, but I was reading up on it.

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And it was obviously I want to, I want to watch it.

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So it was the TV show was based on the book.

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Books, and I don't remember recall who the author is, but uh it was it talks about the I thought it was a movie.

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I think it was maybe made into a movie.

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Okay.

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Also.

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Um, but or maybe this was like a they called it like a mini-series kind of movie.

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Yeah, made for TV movie.

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Yeah, but it it really shook a lot of people up, and they were talking there was some controversy over the director taking some liberties and not staying true to the book.

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But I think it still got a powerful message across.

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Nice.

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Yeah.

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January 9th, 1977, Super Bowl XI.

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The Raiders totally crushed the Vikings, 32 to 14.

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Over 103,000 fans packed into the stadium, and 81.9 million are glued to their TVs.

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The cheers, the chants, the energy, it's like the whole country is vibing together.

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I wonder if the Vikings will ever win a Super Bowl.

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Oh, I somewhere in my desk.

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Still wondering.

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Still an entry.

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Uh October 2025.

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I wonder if the Vikings will ever win a Super Bowl.

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Okay.

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January 20th, 1977.

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Jimmy Carter is sworn in as president.

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No limo for this cat.

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He walks down Pennsylvania Avenue shaking hands, chatting with people like one of the gang.

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There's hope in the air after Watergate and the Vietnam hangover.

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Then he pardons draft dodgers, a move that sparks heated debates at every dinner table.

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Some folks say it's righteous, others a gas.

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Either way, the country feels like it's cautiously stepping into a new groove, trying to heal and maybe finally look forward.

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Good old Prez Carter.

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Prez Carter made it in two episodes.

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He sure did.

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He showed.

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Showed.

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January 28th, 1977.

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Buffalo is buried under a monster blizzard.

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Winds near 70 miles an hour, temperatures dropping like crazy, cars vanish under drifts taller than me.

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This this must have been dad writing it because mom and everything's taller than mom.

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And highways shut down, people stranded in stores, gas stations, and homes.

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National Guardsmen roll in to dig everyone out.

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Some die, some survive miraculously.

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It's a gnarly reminder that nature still calls the shots.

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Streets look like frozen rivers, snow piled two stories high.

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It's heavy, man.

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Heavy.

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Yeah.

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You are such a dork.

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Because I'm doing this.

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Yes.

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It's heavy, man.

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It's heavy, man.

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Heavy.

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I love it though.

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70s, baby.

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Okay.

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February 1977.

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Music everywhere.

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Queen drops, we will rock you, and we are champions.

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You can't escape that.

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Stomp, stomp.

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Clap echoing in gymnasiums, school dances, and arenas.

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Totally anthem material.

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This music is alive, man.

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Like it moves with your heartbeat.

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March 1977.

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Disco threads dominate the scene, and punk is rising too.

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Ripped jeans, leather jackets, safety pins, spiky hair, rebellion is in the air, and you can see it painted on every wall, every kid's notebook.

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Fashion is loud and life feels louder.

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I'm sorry.

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My dog took my flip-flop.

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That is so random.

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Did he bring it back?

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He's not chewing on it anymore, at least.

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Oh my gosh.

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Okay.

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April 1977.

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Apple drops the Apple II.

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Dig this.

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A computer in your living room.

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Not just some theops.

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Not just some office gizmo, but a little box with a screen and keyboard ready to teach kids programming, play games, or even compose music.

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The future feels small enough to sit on a table, but it's huge in what it promises.

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You can almost feel the world shifting, man.

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A digital revolution sneaking into every home.

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Floppy disks were so cool.

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I know.

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Like they were cooler than the whatever's, and they're cooler than USBs.

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Floppy discs get lost.

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Yes.

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Floppy discs.

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Let's bring them back.

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Yeah.

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Man.

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Man.

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May 1977.

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We hit the theater for Star Wars.

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Holy smokes, the battles, the creatures, the adventure, people hooting and hollering in the aisles, kids on shoulders, friends shouting lines back at the screen.

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It's not just a flick, it's a movement.

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Posters, toys, costumes already everywhere.

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Everyone's talking about lightsabers, the Millennium Falcon, and the mysterious force.

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It feels like a galaxy opened up overnight and everyone wants to step inside.

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I think people will be talking about this for a long time.

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Star Wars is so cool.

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So cool.

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And so cool.

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If you're listening to this and you don't agree with us, you can stop disagreeing with us.

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I was at I was at a trivia last night at my brewery, a local brewery here in town.

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And the bonus question was list the names of all nine Star Wars films and their episode number.

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Ooh.

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Yeah, it was hard.

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I don't know that I could do that.

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I uh I screwed the last one up because I put read the return of Skywalker instead of the rise of Skywalker.

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Oh yeah, I would definitely mess them all up.

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I knew four, five, and six.

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For sure.

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And the last one.

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But yeah, it was hard.

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It was really hard.

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Hmm.

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Okay.

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June 20th, 1977.

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The Trans-Alaska pipeline finally kicks on.

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800 miles of steel stretching from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez.

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Crude oil begins flowing south.

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Total engineering marvel, but not without risk.

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A fatal accident reminds everyone this isn't playtime.

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Still, the idea of American energy flowing freely feels monumental.

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It's industrial, it's gritty, it's revolutionary.

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I feel like dad should have written this.

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Ah, I feel like you channeled dad writing this.

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Right?

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Like I hear his voice.

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I just want you to say man after everything.

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Yeah, man.

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It's revolutionary man.

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Yeah.

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Okay, I'll throw in some.

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Oh, I got a man in this one.

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Okay.

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July 13th, 1977.

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New York City goes dark.

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Total blackout.

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Lightning fries, power lines, and boom, the city is pitch black.

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Some folks chill on stoops, soaking in the eerie silence.

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Others lose it.

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Looting, fires, chaos everywhere.

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Thousands arrested, stores trashed.

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The city's frustrations are spilling over.

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It's wild, man.

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Totally heavy.

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I didn't know that happened.

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New York lost power?

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Yeah, New York City.

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Dang.

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The whole city?

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How long was it out for?

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I don't know.

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Why don't you know that?

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Because I was too busy trying to make this sound like dad.

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Okay, sorry.

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Why should we start being factual now?

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I don't know.

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Oh my gosh, my great Pyrenees is under my chair.

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No, he's not.

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He's right there.

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Yes, because he just wormed his way out.

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Okay, sorry.

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Okay.

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Resume, Stuobs.

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Yes.

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That's what we call our dad, by the way.

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August 16th, 1977.

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Elvis Presley is dead.

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At home in.

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Oh, that's so sad.

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I can't even.

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The radio won't quit spinning his heat, his heats, his hits.

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Got all those heats.

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Those heats.

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Maybe I was Southern.

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I don't know.

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People are lining up at Graceland with flowers and candles.

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The king of rock and roll is gone.

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But he wasn't alone.

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1977 also claimed Bing Crosby, the smooth croner, and Charlie Chaplin, the silent film genius who made the world laugh for decades.

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Man, culture is taking hits left and right this year.

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August 1977.

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Far out.

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The big ear telescope in Ohio picks up the wow signal.

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72 seconds of a narrow band radio signal from deep space.

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Could it be aliens trying to say hello?

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Totally cosmic.

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It's like the universe winked at us.

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Minds blown, dreams expanded, possibilities endless.

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Man.

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What was it?

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Was it what was it?

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It was just this this um the sound that they yeah, but they they haven't found out what it was by now.

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I mean, that's like 50 years ago.

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You're you are the astronomy dork.

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You should know this.

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I I don't have time for that in my adult life.

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I did, I just stopped working.

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We have been waiting for this moment all of our lives.

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Finally happens.

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I am gonna look into that though.

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I'm curious.

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Do it.

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I will not right now.

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I'll probably forget.

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Okay.

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You're gonna have to listen to this episode and be like, oh yeah.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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September 1977.

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Atari 2600 hits the scene.

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I went to the store just to peep it.

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My voice cracks.

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I went to the store just to peep it.

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What?

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Peep it.

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Peep it, man.

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Okay.

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Bright graphics, joysticks, space invaders, pong, combat.

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Jessica had a sweatshirt with space invaders on it.

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I did.

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I loved it.

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That's the only article of clothing I ever remember Jessica wearing.

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Oh, and Mary.

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We might be the only one written tracksuits.

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But that's 80s.

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Yeah.

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So was your space in the Vaders sweatshirt though.

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Yes, because I didn't have it when I was a baby.

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You should have, but you didn't.

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Okay.

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I don't know what's happening anymore.

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Do you?

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No, we lost it.

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All right.

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Kids and adults crowd around waiting for a turn.

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The future is literally in your hands.

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They didn't say literally back then.

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They probably did, but they actually used it in its actual sense.

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Yeah, in its literal sense.

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In its literal sense, right?

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Going outside to play, that's about to be old school.

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December 1977.

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Saturday night fever.

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Bee Gees blasting, disco balls spinning, people twirling on the dance floor.

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Disco is everywhere, man.

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Radio, clubs, school dances, threads too.

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Polyester shirts, flared pants, glitter, platforms.

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Streets shimmer like a mirrored dance floor.

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Feels like the disco ball is following me everywhere I go.

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Totally far out.

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Until it dies.

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Two years later.

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I don't know.

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I didn't realize it was that short of a thing until you just said what you said.

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Right.

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That's why when that's why when you said it in your episode, I was like, what?

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It just it was like December of 1977.

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That's crazy.

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Yeah.

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Hmm.

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Too much, I guess.

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Too glittery, I suppose.

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It's just too much.

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Too much.

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Too much.

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Okay, late entry, March 23rd, 1977.

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Nothing.

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Oh man.

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Today our beautiful firstborn daughter was born.

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She's perfect.

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An absolute angel.

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Tiny fingers, tiny toes, delicate little nose, big curious eyes that already seem to take in the whole universe.

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I can't stop staring at her.

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Every coo, every yawn, every little sigh makes me feel like the world just paused.

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Love, awe, pure joy.

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I do go on a bit on this.

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Our hearts have grown 10 times bigger in one day.

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The world could be falling apart outside.

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But right now, all that matters is her.

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Every giggle, every flattering eyelash.

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We are officially hooked, totally smitten, and life will never be the same.

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Dad andor mom definitely did not write that.

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I didn't even know I was born.

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They're like, where did this baby come from?

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I was like, what just happened?

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Reading these pages, 1977 wasn't just a year of headlines.

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It was a year of contrasts, hope and heartbreak, progress and danger, fun and chaos.

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People laughed, danced, mourned, protested, and dreamed all at once.

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And that's what makes it worth remembering.

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Plus, I was born.

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That was I'm I am the late entry.

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History isn't just for dates or events, it's how people lived it.

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This story is a reminder that behind every headline there were real folks trying to groove with a world changing faster than ever.

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So thanks for stepping back into 1977 with me.

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Keep your bell bottoms pressed, your vinyl spinning, and your eyes on the stars, man.

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You never know what stories you'll find.

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I like it.

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So, yeah, that was not a real journal because neither one of us of our parents won would have cared to chronicle their lives.

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.720
True.

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Uh we already mentioned they wouldn't have realized I was even born.

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You know, mom's going to yell at us for that.

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Does mom listen?

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Sometimes.

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Any comments?

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Nah, man.

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It's all groovy.

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I was trying to channel uh a little bit of dad, a little bit of uh Matthew McConaughey.

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Ah and a little bit of a radio host.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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These and don't be's.

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Do I go first?

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Do you go first?

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Yes, you go first.

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Okay.

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O B Juan Kenobi.

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Be groovy.

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Be groovy, man.

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.839
Yeah, yeah.

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Don't be a Vikings fan.

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Don't worry about that.

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I don't know.

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Don't don't be a square.

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Did they say square?

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Is that older?

00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:33.119
No, I think that's like fifties.

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Don't be a buzzkill, man.

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Yeah, man.

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Okay.

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So we shall return in two weeks with what?

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We don't know.

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Nope.

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.200
No idea.

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Oh.

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Oh man.

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Okay.

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My eyes twitching.

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Sorry.

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Are you stressed about what we're going to do in two weeks?

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It's been twitching for last week.

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Thanks for listening.

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Yeah.

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Thank you for listening and uh stay groovy.

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Yeah.

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Bye.

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